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For Shazam fans, it's time to face the music Shazam! Fury of the Gods is very likely the end of the Shazam! franchise in DC's current live-action lineup, so the recent sequel might be the last opportunity to see this group of quirky heroes under one film Primarily due to poor box office profit margins,[...]

The Flash is a meta-human, his gene triggered by a chemical explosion, Shazam is not, his powers are granted by magic Over the years, it has been argued that even Batman counts as a meta-human, given all he can do. Especially when he took a dip in the Diosyium Pit, restoring his body to the peak[...]

Shazam! America's Greatest Comics was an anthology comic published by Fawcett in 1943 and featuring Fawcett's most popular characters, who were already appearing in other comics With 50% more pages (and fifty per cent more expensive), America's Greatest Comics lasted for eight issues but included many Fawcett characters, with Captain Marvel – now known as[...]

McFarlane Toys has secretly dropped a brand new DC Multiverse figure from the recent film Shazam! Fury of the Gods Oddly enough, another member of the Shazam family did not make the cut, but Wonder Woman did At this rate, many fans know that Wonder Woman made a cameo appearance in the film McFarlane has[...]

A new LITG runaround yesterday on Bleeding Cool - and it was all about a certain JSA collection just published by DC Comics.

In tomorrow's Black Adam #9, DC Comics revisits the very first appearance of Black Adam, and how he reveived his colour-specific name.

Mary Marvel is currently in theaters,a part of Shazam: Fury Of The Gods, and played by Grace Fulton But it was Fawcett Comics in the golden age that made the character famous and what she is today This is an iconic cover for the character, as she strikes a pose with lightning striking behind her[...]

Mary Marvel debuted in the Wow Comics title about three weeks after her first appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #18.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is right around the corner, and as you may know, the film remains a bit of a question mark about DC's next hard-reset era from James Gunn and Peter Safran Until then, the film's director David F Sandberg is in the midst of promoting the Shazam! sequel and offering fans[...]

Shazam! is getting a sequel titled Shazam! Fury of the Gods which will be hitting theaters next week and potentially marking the end of an era for the titular hero That is if DC chooses to remove the character from their plans, helmed by James Gunn and Peter Safran Now, ahead of the film's release,[...]

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is just around the corner, marking the official return to the timeline of the 2019 DC superhero flick Shazam! that's set to include an entire roster of returning characters from the first entry And with the current DC overhaul underway, the future beyond the second chapter of Shazam! is very[...]

Shazam: Fury Of The Gods is in cinemas in a couple of weeks and change This is why, today, DC Comics is publishing the long-delayed MG graphic novel Shazam: Thundercrack by Yehudi Mercado, as well as the ridiculously named Shazam: Fury Of The Gods: Shazamily Matters special, written by the actors in the movie Zachary Levi,[...]

Welcome to another comic book preview here at Bleeding Cool! This week we look at Shazam: Fury of the Gods Special – Shazamily Matters #1 Our friend the comics ouroboros strikes again as actors who play the characters in the movies based on the comics write new comics in this preview Joining me to comment[...]

Maybe that is why the early box office numbers for Shazam! Fury of the Gods are not exactly stellar The numbers aren't terrible, $35M-$40M according to The Hollywood Reporter, but it is below what the first movie opened with That first film had a much more modest budget compared to this sequel, but if this[...]

Once upon a time, Shazam was known as Captain Marvel But when the character was bought by DC Comics, the very company that had once stopped it from being published, they were now unable to call his comic Captain Marvel, over trademark issues with Marvel Comics So his comic book was then called Shazam And,[...]

Spoilers ahead for tomorrow's Black Adam #7, New Champion Of Shazam #4 and Monkey Prince #10, all from DC Comics You have been warned A couple of weeks ago, I revealed some of the new imagery and language being used by DC Comics in their upcoming Dawn Of DC promotion That included the new protege[...]

As comic book fans, we've been eagerly awaiting the series finale of New Champion of Shazam #4 Today, we have a preview of the issue and it looks like it's going to be a shocking conclusion Mary Marvel is offered a job as a teaching assistant for Dr G in this preview of New Champion[...]

Mary Marvel made her debut in Captain Marvel Adventures #18, cover-dated December of 1942, in a story that explained that she was actually Billy Batson's twin sister, and could also summon the power of the wizard Shazam by speaking his name.  Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Marc Swayze, Mary Marvel became part of[...]

"Aquaman," "Shazam!," "Blue Beetle," and Gunn's "Peacemaker" series for HBO Max all could have a place at the table." All of these stories are connected to the original run of stories that were initially developed by Zack Snyder and a line of storytelling that they are clearly moving away from That is why movies like the[...]

The first of those movies is Shazam! Fury of the Gods the sequel to one of the best DC movies [don't @ me] The release date has been all over the place regarding this one, but hopefully, we'll be seeing this one soon The last delay moved it from this month to March 2023 Director David[...]

Coming to us from Shazam!: Fury of the Gods, Billy Batson is back and ready to bring the thunder Standing at 7" tall, Shazam is ready for action with 22 points of articulation and featuring his appearance from his new live-action film For a $20 figure, the head sculpt is pretty good, showcasing some nice[...]

DC Comics has decided to cancel all retailer and comic store orders for two such titles, the Aquaman: Andromeda hardcover and the Shazam! Power Of Hope hardcovers, both due to have been printed and published before the upcoming cinematic presentations, will now be resolicited at a later date, and existing orders will be cancelled The[...]

Shazam! Thundercrack, is an original middle-grade graphic novel created by Yehudi Mercado that was scheduled to be published at the end of theismonth, just after the release of the Black Adam movie and a month before what would have been the date for Shazam: Fury Of The Gods Set in the same movie universe as Shazam,[...]

Last but not least, a brand new live-action DCEU figure is on the way from the upcoming film Shazam: Fury of the Gods Shazam is flying right off the screen with a brand new figure featuring a fantastic sculpt and great likeness, and it will be a must-own figure for any Shazam fan.  #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2[...]

and DC decided to delay a bunch of the DC movies, including Shazam! Fury of the Gods which has managed to get moved up and delayed within the same year An impressive feat for the sequel to the best DC movie [do not @ me] March isn't that far away, so the marketing will start[...]

However, today's New Champion Of Shazam #3 by Josie Campbell, Doc Shaner and especially Becca Carey this issue, shows exactly why comic books do these things better Especially in the light of a movie like Black Adam, with connective tissue to this comic book. So we have Mary Batson, the superheroine without a superhero name, tracking[...]

Mary Marvel goes viral in this preview of New Champion of Shazam #3, and not in the good way where she profits from lots of clicks. Bleeding Cool has asked us to partner with an AI for all previews articles We're sure this is going to backfire, but here goes LOLtron… what did you think of[...]

Beck created Captain Marvel for WHIZ COMICS #2 (1939), the first in a family of marvels empowered by the wizard Shazam. Gardner Fox and Howard Sherman introduced Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) in MORE FUN COMICS #55 (1940). Bill O'Conner and Bernard "Ben" Flinton created the Atom (Al Pratt) for ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #19 (1940) In the 1980s, Roy[...]

Yesterday, we looked at former DC Comics Publisher and President, and current board member of Boom Studios, Paul Levitz' account of being the one at DC Comics who arranged the purchase of Shazam, Captain Marvel, and Black Adam, that eventually led to the film out this weekend Which has the following "special thanks" credits at[...]

However, you obviously have to address the fact that Shazam is not in the film I can imagine these two will clash on screen at some point, but who knows what they are doing over at the WB lot Collectors, though, can make these two duke it out off-screen as after weeks of waiting, links[...]